Free Charles Papenfus
Crime and Punishment, Customer Service, Fight the Power July 21st. 2009, 6:59amFrustrated by scam telemarketing calls from a dishonest extended-warranty company, an Ohio man snapped on the phone and apparently made some threats.
No, he shouldn’t have said that he would come and burn down their building. That was wrong. But at the same time, does he really need to be locked up? Nobody thinks he meant it, that he poses any genuine danger. He was just frustrated with having to deal with these scammers.
Free Charles!
November 8th, 2010 at 8:46 am
I used to be a telemarketer, and these kinds of threats wouldn’t have made me want to jail someone…I mean, I was frustrated BEING a telemarketer…let alone being bugged by one…I’ve even had threats in the form of “I know where you work.” which is much more personal..(they didn’t know I worked from home though and not at the main office..)